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Old 11th July 2014, 04:03 PM   #1
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Modern myanmar soldier use dha? What cold weapons used by Myanmar Army also?
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Old 12th July 2014, 05:45 AM   #2
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Basic bush/ jungle utility knife...good for clearing jungle vegetation, cooking or constructions tasks. Usually each house will have one.
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And how it is called? Not dha?
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Oh, it is a dha, I just didn't use the Burmese word...I was just describing how this is a very common machete/bush length knife.

Dha = single edge blade/ Knife...similar as in Chinese, Dao = single edge blade

http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Gloss...me1Source1.htm

dha: (Thai/Shan/Lao/Burmese) blade, or knife (also, dah).

dha-lhut: (Burmese) dha-shay worn without a scabbard (lit. "loose/free dha"); in the past, not all soldiers were well-equipt, and some were armed only with a dha without a scabbard.

dha-hmyaung: (Burmese) dagger.

dha-lwe: (Burmese) dha-shay worn in a scabbard, over the shoulder.

dha-ma: (Burmese) chopper, cleaver.

dha-mauk: (Burmese) paring knife, utility knife.

dha-shay: (Burmese) long dha, curved sword
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Old 13th July 2014, 12:03 AM   #5
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Many people will have these for some backyard pruning. I've used mine to trim up some smaller branches and it works quite well. I've even used them on 2-3 inch softwood limbs without much problem.

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Not to get too political...but here you can also see Burmese police/military also using cane shield, and club (or dha?) on protesters...
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